Engineering Leadership | Software Architecture | Team Mentorship
Dynamic technology leader with 20+ years of experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
Proven track record of delivering complex SaaS platforms and web applications across healthcare, e-commerce, and
enterprise sectors. Expert in agile methodologies, test-driven development, and scaling engineering organizations.
Passionate about mentoring engineers and cultivating innovation-driven team cultures.
Senior Engineering Manager, Life Sciences Global Industry Unit
Lead three development teams (16 engineers) building SaaS platforms that help pharmaceutical companies optimize clinical trial planning and execution.
Led architecture and implementation of industry-standard Trial Master File (TMF) system that streamlined regulatory compliance for clinical trials
Spearheaded development of machine learning-powered study planning application that reduced trial timeline forecasting errors by 35%
Orchestrated upgrade of legacy Rails infrastructure from v4.x to v6.x while maintaining 99.9% system availability
Revitalized test-driven development practices across teams, resulting in 40% reduction in production bugs
Rescued mission-critical data project by identifying root cause of production bug, implementing solution, and developing data recovery strategy that preserved client relationship with major pharmaceutical partner
GROUPON
2011 - 2019
Computational Marketing Engineering Team Manager
2014 - 2019
Software Architect and Team Lead, SEO Search Marketing
2011 - 2014
Led engineering team that transformed search marketing from non-existent to 11% of company revenue through technical innovation.
Built and scaled search engine optimization platform generating millions in incremental revenue
Designed and implemented real-time content publishing system that automated SEO page generation
Mentored junior developers in engineering best practices, increasing team velocity by 25%
Completed Groupon Internal Management Training certification program (2017)
UPTAKE NETWORKS, INC.
2007 - 2011
Software Architect
As employee #3, architected and built high-traffic consumer website from concept to production.
Designed data models and implemented Ruby on Rails web application architecture
Established development practices that enabled rapid scaling of engineering team
Mentored junior engineers in Ruby and Rails best practices and test-driven development
CLOVERLINK SYSTEMS, INC.
2004 - 2007
Senior Consultant, Software Architect, Team Lead
Led client projects through complete software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
INFOSPACE, INC.
2005 - 2006
Software Architect
Served as lead architect for platform development of mobile content delivery system generating $200M+ annual revenue.
Optimized ring tone catalog publishing process, improving performance 10x through advanced debugging and refactoring
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORP.
2001 - 2003
Senior Software Engineer & Architect
Lead architect for high-performance, multi-threaded J2EE application server powering company's flagship product.
Achieved J2EE 1.3 compliance certification from Sun Microsystems for enterprise application server
Designed and implemented JMX service bus, EJB container system, and JAAS security framework